Kellie Coffey

Coffey in 2004, photo by DFree/Bigstock.com

Birth Name: Kellie Ann Coffey

Place of Birth: Dallas, Collin, Texas, U.S.

Date of Birth: April 22, 1971

Ethnicity: English, Irish, French/French-Canadian, Scottish, Scots-Irish/Northern Irish, 1/64 Potawatomi/Ottawa Native American, distant German

Kellie Coffey is an American country music artist.

She was raised in Moore, Oklahoma. She is married to songwriter, actor, and producer Geoff Koch, with whom she has two children.

Kellie’s paternal grandfather was Thomas Ray Coffey (the son of Thomas Jefferson CCoffey and Lillian L. Ray). Kellie’s grandfather Thomas was born in Omaha, Texas. Kellie’s great-grandfather Thomas was born in Omaha, the son of John Melvin Coffey and Mary Ellen/Eleanor Ragland. Lillian was born in Whitewright, Texas, the daughter of Albert Edgar Ray and Araminta Morgan.

Kellie’s paternal grandmother was Edna Mae Poindexter (the daughter of John Walter Poindexter and Carrie Belle/Bell Richardson). Edna was born in Fort Worth, Texas. Kellie’s great-grandfather John was born in Grimes County, Texas, the son of John Walter Poindexter and Martha Jane “Jennie” Madill Brodnax, whose father was from England, and whose grandfather was Gen. William Henry Brodnax. Kellie’s great-grandmother Carrie was born in Kentucky, the daughter of James Merry Richardson and Mary Elizabeth Walters, whose father was a minister.

Kellie’s maternal grandfather was Clifford Emory Upton (the son of Emory Upton and Mildred Mary Sales). Clifford was born in Oklahoma. Emory was born in Oklahoma, the son of Alexander R. Upton and Theresa Bell Melot. Mildred was born in Oklahoma, the daughter of George Washington Sales and Anne Henery Carrell.

Kellie’s great-great-great-grandfather Joseph L. Melot was born in Michigan, c. 1839, to French immigrant parents. His wife, Catherine “Kate” Bergeron, was born, c. 1853, in Kansas, to a French-Canadian father, François Xavier Bergeron, and to a Potawatomi/Ottawa Native American mother, Josette Watch-e-kee “Watseka”, who was born, c. 1810, in Illinois. She was the daughter of “Benjamin” Shabbona, an Ottawa tribe member who became a chief within the Potawatomi tribe, and of Monashki.

Kellie’s maternal grandmother was Rosalie Jackson (the daughter of Thomas Jefferson Jackson and Susie Elizabeth “Lizzie” Ballard). Rosalie was born in Oklahoma. Kellie’s great-grandfather Thomas was born in Tennessee, the son of Thomas Jefferson Jackson and Mary Polly Brewer. Susie was born in Oklahoma.

Sources: Genealogy of Kellie’s father (through his brother) – http://findagrave.com

Kellie’s maternal great-great-great-grandmother, Catherine “Kate” (Bergeron) Melot, on the 1900 and 1930 U.S. Censuses – http://familysearch.org
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Obituary of Kellie’s maternal grandmother, Rosalie (Jackson) Upton – http://legacy.com